Thursday, 29 October 2026

CHEER UP ADRIAN (It's not that important) and SIR ALEX (It's 1,000!)

On this day (October 29th) in 2004, Adrian Mutu (below) was given a punishment that you would not "sniff" at. He was sacked by Chelsea after testing positive for cocaine. Chelsea FC ditched their £15.8m, Romanian striker, who claimed that he had used the drug in order to improve his "sex" life. There were claims that he had lived up to every Transylvanian stereotype by sucking on the blood of his WAG!!

I am writing this as news of the Russell Brand taking "the stand".  I leave that up to you to pursue. 

On a lighter note, at Old Trafford, a year later, as Fergie's "LADS" became the first club to score 1,000 goals since the start of the Premier League in 1992. You would have done well to raise a smile on Sir Alex's face though, as Christiano Ronaldo's injury time goal proved to be the only consolation as opponents Middlesbrough cruised to a 4-1 win.

Score4-1 to Middlesbrough
RefereeAlan Wiley
CompetitionPremier League
VenueRiverside Stadium
Attendance30,579



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Wednesday, 28 October 2026

MAX HAS MAXED (OUT)

Presently listening on the Radio, to some issues about the Arsenal youth, Max Dowman, being punished sent off during the Carabao Cup match last night (Oct 27th) between, his club, Arsenal and hosting, Fleetwood Town. The dismissal sparked considerable debate prompting The Gunners to lodge an official appeal with the Football Association The 16th year old midfielder was sent off with. a straight RED in the 85th minute after reacting poorly to a heavy challenge by Fleetwood's Harrison Neal. Although Dowman did not fully kick out, his foot did make contact with Fleetwood's, Neal. Dowman received the first red card of his senior career, following a brawl with Harrison Neal, in the 85th minute.

The match finished 1-1 before League Two Fleetwood beat the Premier League Champions, 5-3 on penalties 5-3. 5,002 watched this game. Fleetwood goalkeeper, Jay Lynch saved Bruno Guimaraes, penalty, The Gunners fourth.



This was Dowman's second red card this month, having been red carded while representing England in an Under 19s international!! Nice one sunshine!! COMPETITIVE??

An attacking midfielder or a winger for Premier League club Arsenal, Dowman was born in Chelmsford and began his youth career at local club Billericay Town, before a move to Arsenal's Academy at the age of five. WHAT NEXT??

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Tuesday, 27 October 2026

ARSENAL AWAY AT HIGHBURY!! (Apologies for "cross overs!")

Fleetwood Town 

v   Arsenal   at Highbury Stadium

English League Cup Tie tonight 8pm...YES Arsenal play away! Do you know where Fleetwood is? Worth researching its history!




Form guide All competitions most recent

Skip back to season so far
v Exeter City
2
1
League Two
v Everton
2
0
Premier League
v Cheltenham Town
4
2
League Two
v Bayern Munich
2
2
UEFA Champions League
v Rotherham United
2
0
League Two
v Nottingham Forest
0
1
Premier League
v Walsall
1
1
League Two
v Lille
3
0
UEFA Champions League
v Barnsley
4
1
EFL Trophy
Fleetwood Town Nicknames
  • The Fishermen
  • The Cods
Short nameThe Town
Founded1908 (118 years ago) called Fleetwood
1928 (98 years ago) (as Fleetwood Windsor Villa, later just Fleetwood)
1977 (49 years ago) (second reformation as Fleetwood Town)
1997 (29 years ago) (third reformation Fleetwood Wanderers)
GroundHighbury Stadium!!!
Capacity5,327 (2,672 seated)
v Leeds United
2
1
Premier League

Fleetwood ChairmanJamie Pilley
Head coachMatt Lawlor
LeagueEFL League Two
2025–26EFL League Two,    15th of 24


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BALLON d'OR and Harry Kane

At Wembley in May 1956, England beat the "emerging" Brazilian national team 4-2. Four of that Brazilian team would go on to win the World Cup in 1958. There was no Pele or Garrincha! The Times wrote, "Wearing shirts of daffodil and the briefest pale blue shorts, the Brazilians might have belonged to a wood in springtime. Their gyrations told of dance steps in the wild woods with a special relish for flexibility and flourish. This day it faded against the solid oak of England". This accolade for a team that missed two penalties! Man of the Match was Stanley Matthews, who had a hand in every England goal. 

His performance secured him winning the first ever Ballon d'Or, a prize conceived by Gabriel Hanot, a French Sports' Writer. Hanot and his colleague at L'Equipe, Jacques Ferran. They were the prime movers behind getting the European Cup established.

In that year, England played 9 internationals, drew 3 and won the rest, also beating Finland, West Germany, Wales, Yugoslabvia and Denmark. The rest were drawn.

Below: Ballon d'Or winners from its origin.
YearPlayerNationalityClub
2022Karim Benzema France                        Real Madrid
2021Lionel MessiArgentina                        Paris Saint-Germain F.C.
2020not awarded
2019Lionel MessiArgentina                        Barcelona
2018Luka ModricCroatia                        Real Madrid
2017Cristiano RonaldoPortugal                        Real Madrid
2016Cristiano RonaldoPortugal                        Real Madrid
2015Lionel MessiArgentina                        Barcelona
2014Cristiano RonaldoPortugal                        Real Madrid
2013Cristiano RonaldoPortugal                        Real Madrid
2012Lionel MessiArgentina                        Barcelona
2011Lionel MessiArgentina                        Barcelona
2010Lionel MessiArgentina                        Barcelona
2009Lionel MessiArgentina                        Barcelona
2008Cristiano RonaldoPortugal                        Manchester United
2007Kaká Brazil                        Milan
2006Fabio CannavaroItaly                        Real Madrid
2005RonaldinhoBrazil                        Barcelona
2004Andriy ShevchenkoUkrain                        Milan
2003Pavel NedvědCzechia                        Juventus
2002RonaldoBrazil                        Real Madrid
2001Michael OwenEngland                        Liverpool
2000Luís FigoPortugal                        Real Madrid
and before.
1999RivaldoBrazilBarcelona
1998Zinedine ZidaneFranceJuventus
1997RonaldoBrazilInternazionale
1996Matthias SammerGermanyBorussia Dortmund
1995George WeahLiberiaMilan
1994Hristo StoichkovBulgariaBarcelona
1993Roberto BaggioItalyJuventus
1992Marco van BastenNetherlandsMilan
1991Jean-Pierre PapinFranceMarseille
1990Lothar MatthäusGermanyInternazionale
1989Marco van BastenNetherlandsMilan
1988Marco van BastenNetherlandsMilan
1987Ruud GullitNetherlandsMilan
1986Igor BelanovSoviet UnionDynamo Kyiv
1985Michel PlatiniFranceJuventus
1984Michel PlatiniFranceJuventus
1983Michel PlatiniFranceJuventus
1982Paolo RossiItalyJuventus
1981Karl-Heinz RummeniggeWest GermanyBayern Munich
1980Karl-Heinz RummeniggeWest GermanyBayern Munich
1979Kevin KeeganEnglandHamburg
1978Kevin KeeganEnglandHamburg
1977Allan SimonsenDenmarkBorussia M”nchengladbach
1976Franz BeckenbauerWest GermanyBayern Munich
1975Oleg BlokhinSoviet UnionDynamo Kyiv
1974Johan CruyffNetherlandsBarcelona
1973Johan CruyffNetherlandsBarcelona
1972Franz BeckenbauerWest GermanyBayern Munich
1971Johan CruyffNetherlandsAjax
1970Gerd MüllerWest GermanyBayern Munich
1969Gianni RiveraItalyMilan
1968George BestNorthern IrelandManchester United
1967Flórián AlbertHungaryFerencv rosi TC
1966Bobby CharltonEnglandManchester United
1965EusébioPortugalBenfica
1964Denis LawScotlandManchester United
1963Lev YashinSoviet UnionDynamo Moscow
1962Josef MasopustCzechoslovakiaDukla Prague
1961Omar SívoriItalyJuventus
1960Luis SuárezSpainBarcelona
1959Alfredo Di StéfanoSpainReal Madrid
1958Raymond KopaFranceReal Madrid
1957Alfredo Di StéfanoSpainReal Madrid
1956Stanley MatthewsEnglandBlackpool
Since 2018, there has also been a women's Ballon d'Or award (called the Ballon d'Or Féminin).

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